Rurouni Shinobi

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Disclaimer: The Pheox clan does not own Naruto.

Summary: What if Naruto wasn't from the Leaf? What if he was from the Cloud? What if Kyuubi attacked the Cloud instead of the Leaf but STILL got stuck inside Naruto? At the age of 12 Naruto is forced to leave the Hidden Cloud village, and he brings someone with him. 5 years later at the age of 17, and living a life as a rurouni he finds himself in the middle of a war between the Leaf and the Sound. (AU)

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Chapter 11: Interrogate the Interrogators II

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Time/place/perspective change

"…"- Another language (will be explained later, along with everything else… hopefully.)

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Tsunade sighed. This was getting them nowhere. She rubbed her temples. "Okay let's start from the beginning." She looked at Naruto. "Where do you come from?"

Naruto shrugged. "From my mamma. It could have been you, Sierra, Sakura, anyone. I don't know who my mamma was. She died when I was 3 months old."

"Then who took care of you?" Ibiki inquired.

"Sierra's family before they died."

"And we're back to who killed Sierra's family." Tsunade grumbled.

"If you don't answer these questions, I'll hurt your girlfriend." Sasuke warned.

"Then it's too bad that I don't have a girlfriend." Naruto smirked.

"FINE! The girl you call Sierra!" Sasuke yelled.

"Even Sasu-chan's losing his cool." Sierra laughed.

"I should kill you for that." Sasuke growled.

"Chase me once, chase me twice. You'll never catch me and neither will the cats get the mice." Sierra sang the old poem that her mom taught her when she was a child.

"And you're the cats while we're the mice!" Naruto joked.

Sasuke growled and prepared to jump the rurounis. "Naruto will you be serious!" Kakashi asked.

"Never have and never will be. Serious that is." Naruto said as he rocked back and forth on his chair.

"Four legs on the floor not including yours." Sierra sang again.

"We are getting nowhere!" Ibiki growled.

"Life's a bitch, remember that old man!" Sierra grinned. "So have all the fun while you can."

"Hey Sierra! Play you in Tic-Tac-Toe!" Naruto asked. "Human style! I'll Start!" Naruto says as he smacks Sasuke into the wall, knocking him unconscious. "CENTRE BOX!"

"What's the deal with this Tic-Tac-Toe?" Tsunade asked.

"It gives us the chance to smack people who tend to be annoying!" Naruto said in a deadly tone.

"NARUTO!" Sierra yelled.

"I'm not dealing with this Bull Shit!" Naruto yelled glaring at Sierra. "And neither should you! We've done nothing wrong so we shouldn't be treated as criminals!" With that Naruto disappeared in a bolt of lightning.

Sierra sighed. "Here we go again…" She jumped onto Kitemi's back. "Naruto's been betrayed too many times to count and he's been treated as the villain all his life." Sierra whispered. "Please don't treat him like one here." The two females disappeared in a bolt of lightning.

Everyone stared at the ground in silence. Have they been wrong about the rurounis?

"ARGH!" Sierra screamed as she rode Kitemi, trying to find the blond. "When I get my hands on your sorry ass you're going to wish you never messed with me!" Kitemi suddenly switched directions and ran back towards the village. "Kitemi? Where are you going?" Sierra asked.

Kitemi yipped and growled. Sierra smiled. "You have the better senses; lead the way."

They suddenly heard some grunts and something hitting a tree repeatedly. They ran towards the noise and soon found Naruto punching and kicking a giant rock with cracks lining it from Naruto's abuse on it.

"Naru-kun?"- Sierra called getting off of Kitemi. She slowly limped towards the blond that had finally stopped beating the rock and just stood still, back towards Sierra.

"Naruto?"- Sierra called out again. She stopped when she reached Naruto. –"Naruto?"- She put her hand on his shoulder. Sierra suddenly had her hand slapped away. –"What's wrong!"-

Naruto spun around, facing Sierra. –"What's wrong?"- He breathed. "WHAT'S WRONG IS THAT YOU'RE JUST LETTING THEM ACCUSE YOU OF MURDER AND THEY'RE TREATING US AS CRIMINALS WHEN WE ARE THE VICTIMS HERE!"

Sierra sighed. –"Naru-chan…"-

Naruto grabbed Sierra's shoulders and slammed her into the rock that he was beating up earlier. "NO! I won't listen to you! They have no right to treat us that way since we've already agreed to help them!" His voice grew hoarse as he uttered his next words, a single tear trailed down his cheek as he wiped it away angrily. "We don't deserve to be treated as criminals. Especially since the Raikage said that all charges were cleared. We're free! Why should we take the abuse of someone when the have no cause to hold us…"

Sierra closed her eyes against the emotion that she knew must be in her friend's eye and tried to regain the breath that she lost after being slammed into the rock. She eventually nodded to him and opened her eyes and smiled. –"I know that. You know that. All we have to do is make them believe that. That's why I'm going through with this. To make them believe us."- She smiled and kissed him softly on the lips. –"You with me?"-

Naruto - having closed his eyes during the soft kiss – opened them and looked at her. He leaned his chin atop of her head. –"I'm always with you…"- He lowered his head and bent down to capture her lips, all his love and care was poured into that kiss and he wanted desperately for Sierra to understand that no matter what, he will always stand by her…

The kiss lasted for a couple of minutes, both not wanting to relinquish their hold on each other. Finally they broke apart and stared at each other until Sierra finally spoke. –"Shall we go back?"-

Naruto smiled softly as she stared into his companion's eyes. "Yeah. Let's go…" He called Kitemi over and helped to get Sierra seated atop the kitsune's back and together, they returned to the Hokage's office.

Naruto and Sierra walked back to the Hokage's office and knocked on the closed door. Naruto clutched Sierra's hand tightly and she returned it with a slight squeeze herself. They waited for a few minutes before Ibiki opened it.

"Back, are we?" He sneered.

Sierra smirked. "Well you sound happy to see us." Her eyes hardened briefly. "Now move. You aren't the one we wanted to see." She grinned as he stepped aside in shock and dragged Naruto inside with her, as he knew to let her handle most of the talking. She walked up to Tsunade's desk calmly, leaving Naruto in the middle of the room and ignoring the surrounding shinobis. "Have you thought of my words yet Tsunade-san?" Everyone around her seemed to have noticed the suffix that she added to their Hokage's name.

Nods her head, understanding that the rurounis needed a safe haven more than they needed an interrogator and she planned to give them one for she understood what is was like to be constantly running from past nightmares.

Sierra smiles. "Thank-you. Tsunade…sama." Both her and Naruto sat down in the chairs once more.

Tsunade ordered for the spluttering Ibiki to close the door. She then turned to the two rurounis once more. "So, no more accusing … what will you tell us?"

Naruto shrugged. "What do you want to know?"

"Do you know who your parents were?" Tsunade folded her hands on her desk and looked at Naruto.

Naruto seemed to be surprised at the question but nodded regardless, looking out the window instead of at her. "Yeah. I knew who they were, are." He sighed. "My mother was named Uzumaki Kin and her best friend was Pheox Hitomi which was how I came to live with Sierra's family when she died. Sierra's mom told me who my father was when I became a genin and gave me the only remaining picture that she had of him-" Naruto shrugged, "-Then I found the same picture of him in your hallway and guessed from there."

"Then you do realize that he was the Yondaime?" Jiraiya stepped. Naruto nodded causing Jiraiya to smile, he decided to move to safer grounds. "Kakashi and I noticed that you were having trouble with your bloodline techniques." Jiraiya smirked, remembering the blonde's love for ninjutsu. "I'm pretty sure that we could teach you what we remember from our relations with Arashi."

Naruto grinned. "Really? YATTA!" He started jumping up and down at the prospect of learning new techniques.

Sierra sighed and bonked him on the head. "Will you settle down?" Naruto sat back down, though he was still smiling. Sierra turned to Tsunade. "Is there any other questions? Or can we leave?"

Tsunade thought for a moment before she shook her head. "No. You're dismissed, though I would like to check up on your ankle…"

Sierra smiled and nodded as Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Ibiki left the office with Sakura not far behind them dragging the still unconscious Sasuke. Sierra just shook her head as she heard Naruto snickering beside her.

Tsunade stood up and walked around the desk and kneeled in front of Sierra, taking of the boot and gently unwrapping the bandages. Her eyes widened as she saw that most of the bruising had vanished and the bone was almost completely healed. "Wha-? But-How?"

Sierra shrugged and looked away. "I've always been a faster healer. It's probably because of my clan's Hanyou origins."

Tsunade blinked. "Hanyou?"

Sierra smirked. "Half-Human, Half-Demon, Can never be either. And I just got the luck of being the Hitori fire-bird reincarnate."

"So you're the reincarnation of a demon?"

"No. A hanyou. A peaceful one that honoured herself with healing others." She looked down whispering, "That was why my family died. The Raikage sent jounins to kidnap Naruto and me for our demonic heritages and my family protected me." She shrugged. "I'll honour that memory and won't let anyone tarnish their image."

Tsunade nodded in understanding. She folded her hands and became professional once more. "Well, since it's almost healed then I suggest trying to walk on it using a crutch." She walked into the back of her office where she kept emergency supplies as she spoke. When she returned with the wooden item she handed it to Sierra before continuing. "I want you to start walking a few hours each day but keep the kitsune," she nodded toward Kitemi who yipped happily. "Nearby and to have Naruto help you if you have difficulties."

Sierra nodded but turned her head and glared at Naruto playfully. Naruto raised his hands in mock defense. "Don't look at me! Healer orders!" He grinned causing Sierra to grumble under her breath.

Tsunade looked at the two young rurounis and shook her head at their playfulness. She then realized that not all of the playful arguing was an act; some of it was real. And by the way they kept laughing despite the rough tension during the interrogation, they must be used to the questions. Somehow, this thought made Tsunade sad, but she was the Hokage. She had to be careful and suspicious. She just hoped that they would forgive her and continue to help them in the war. Manpower was what they needed right now. Not distrust.

When she looked up from her musings, she noticed that Sierra had Naruto in a headlock. Tsunade shook her head. She did not want to know. After watching the rurounis argue for a few more minutes she decided to stop them. She cleared her throat loudly and waited for them to calm down. She laughed quietly as they both took on innocent appearances. "Well, I have no more to say so you're dismissed."

Naruto and Sierra grinned. "Coming Beaky?" Naruto teased as he walked to the door.

Sierra growled as she hopped onto Kitemi's back and ran after Naruto, waving her crutch around. "I'LL TEACH YOU TO CALL ME BEAKY!"

Naruto reached the door and ran down the hall yelling "CHARGE!"

Kitemi and Sierra gave chase. "COME BACK HERE KITLING!" AN: Sorry KyuubiKitsune. Couldn't resist temptation.

Tsunade shook her head again. She really didn't want to know. She sighed. "Did I do the right thing?" She asked to her office.

Jiraiya stepped out of the shadow and put a hand on her shoulder. "Yeah. For those two, the more questions asked the more defensive they get. To them: 'the past is in the past. It cannot be changed. Only learnt from.' The past is an unpleasant thing. Most do not wish to uncover it."

Tsunade nodded and repeated what Jiraiya said. "The past is in the past. It cannot be changed. Only learnt from."

Jiraiya grinned. "That's their motto. And a darn good one at that!" His hand wandered.

Most of Konoha wondered why Jiraiya was flying through the air but soon understood as Tsunade yelled from the broken wall of the Hokage Tower. "IF YOU FONDLE MY BREAST ONE MORE TIME, I WILL PERSONALLY TIE YOU TO A GIANT FORK AND KILL YOU WITH RADISHES!" AN: snickers. "KitKat."

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w00t FINALLY FINISHED!

I am SO freaking sorry for the long wait. The high school semester is ending soon and my teachers are handing out a lot of projects! Once Summer Break July/August begins the updates will be quicker. Promise! Till then, please be patient with me!

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REVIEWS!

One Azn Dragon: Toddler? Me? Well…okies ! T.T I WAS PLANNING ON UPDATING FOR MY BIRTHDAY! NOW NO ONE KNOWS THAT I AM A 14 YEAR OLD TODDLER! MORE FLUFF! Ya know…I AM leaning towards a Naruto/Sierra PAIRING! (insert evil grin here)

Uzumaki Hamdi: Ya…I tried not to make it too unbelievable but (shrugs) you're call. As for the timing…Well, they don't want sound spies now do they? (grin) Sorry for the long update…

Kijo Kasumi / DragoonVBK: (blushes) -is honoured.